I have so many photographs to share from my fall trip that I’ve opted for simple galleries instead of my usual text-heavy descriptions. In related news, this page could take several minutes to load so if you have other things to do today, please come back later to check on the progress. If you haven’t been to Big Bend National Park, fix that. It’s an amazing place.
Arthropods
Acmaeodera opacula
Eleodes spinipes macrura
Chauliognathus limbicollis
Lewis’ soldier beetle
Listrini
Lampetis drummondi
Stenomorpha obliterata
Pelecyphorus regularis
Glowworm
Spotted Tylosis
Thread-waisted sand wasp
Novomessor cockerelli
Comanche paper wasp
Rough harvester ant
Exoprosopa
Large creosote gall midge
Poecilanthrax sp.
Banded bee fly
Empress Leilia
Reakirt’s blue
Syssphinx sp.
Cochineal scale bugs
Conchuela bug
Western leaf-footed bug
Modest grasshopper
Creosote bush grasshoppers
Plains lubber grasshopper
Pardosa sura
Orthonops lapanus
Desert millipede
Arthrorhabdus pygmaeus
Opuntia leaf miner
Long-jawed desert termites
Mesquite leaf tier moth
Vertebrates
Lichens and fungi
Plants
Sweet acacia
Mexican palo verde
Mexican buckeye
Texas virgin’s bower
Texas lignum-vitae
Leatherstem
Desert marigold
Lemonscent
Rough Nama
Lechuguilla
Date palm
Bird’s-claw beard-moss
Texas persimmon seeds
Texas persimmon fruit
Ocotillo stems
Ocotillo inflorescence
Ocotillo
Ocotillo
Thompson’s yucca
Torrey’s yucca
Strawberry cactus
Echinocereus russanthus russanthus
Echinocereus enneacanthus enneacanthus
New Mexico rainbow cactus
Opuntia seeds
Purple pricklypear
Spiny fruit prickly pear
Little nipple cactus
Horse crippler
Landscapes
